A bookbinder purchases parchment, leather, wood and a binding material such as spun cotton to make cut shape and stich into a journal, ledger or codex. The parchment can be blank or pre inscribed and small locks from a blacksmith can be attached.
Bookbinders will have a stall, cart or store to sell their wares from and a workshop in which to produce the items. Often large estates that value their libraries will have an onsite bookbinder as a means to make copies together with a scribe.